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Collaborators wanted — psychological horror project (early stage)

A topic by BenicioCastro001 created Jan 30, 2026 Views: 1,125 Replies: 28
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I’m developing an early-stage psychological horror project set in an abandoned Soviet-era environment, focused on restraint, ambiguity, and environmental storytelling rather than spectacle or exposition.

The project prioritizes atmosphere, oppressive space, repetition, and systems that feel indifferent to the player. It’s inspired by late-1990s and early-2000s atmospheric horror design philosophy and is being built under a tightly directed creative vision.

I’m currently looking for collaborators interested in contributing to one or more of the following areas:

  • Environment / concept art (brutalist, institutional, decayed spaces)

  • Sound design (ambient, industrial, oppressive audio)

  • Gameplay prototyping / implementation (Unity or Unreal, early-stage systems)

This is an unpaid, early collaboration with revenue share and full credit if the project ships. Scope will be kept intentionally small and focused.

If you’re interested in restrained psychological horror and building something deliberately uncomfortable rather than conventional, feel free to comment or reach out.

Project page: https://beniciocastro001.itch.io/project-r3c-z0ne

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hey  how are you? im an expert for what you need as a game music composer. actually i have a masters degree in music composition and some years of experience in this field. i can make your game sound atmospheric and emotional like Elden Ring, Resident Evil and etc. with Horror sounding. if you wanna talk about collaboration please contact me via instagram or telegram . this is my ID : @mehranahmadi748 in both platforms.

kind regards

Mehran

Hey Mehran, thanks for reaching out, I appreciate the interest.

At this stage, the project is very early and focused heavily on restraint, silence, and environmental sound rather than traditional music scoring. I’m still in the process of feeling out collaborators and defining scope. 

Do you have any examples of work that lean more toward minimal, ambient, or non-melodic sound design rather than emotional scoring?

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I would be interested in knowing more about what kind of concept art you would need. I have a lot of interest in doing more environmental concept art (my portfolio is only characters and props atm), and abandoned horror environments is something I like a lot.

My socials are in my profile. Feel free to message me :3

Just DMed you on X!!!

Hey my apologies I tried to but it didn’t go through

Hey! Thanks for reaching out — really appreciate the interest.

Project Red Zone is very environment-driven, so I’m less focused on characters right now and more on spaces that feel institutional, abandoned, and indifferent to the player. Think brutalist or utilitarian interiors, places built for function that have outlived their purpose.

At this stage I’m mainly looking for loose environmental concept explorations rather than anything polished — mood, composition, scale, and atmosphere matter more than detail.

Please feel free to message me on X at hated_king69!!!

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Hi Benicio, I like your project setting. Is there any alternative way from where we can talk by private away from social media? Do you have Discord by chance? Asking because I don't use X, Insta, Bluesky nor any other socials.. I'm a musician and cover multiple music genres that I think may fit the vibe of the experience you're trying to create. 

As personal experience I like and play games revolving psychological horror, existential dread, survival horror, post-soviet-esque grim eastern Europe dystopia worlds as well. I was a modder years back too, made mods for multiple games. 

Any way to reach you by private to discuss details and share portfolio?

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Hey, appreciate you reaching out, and yeah, you’re definitely picking up on the right vibe.

Discord works for me. Add me at “cobraben.” and we can chat there. Happy to take a look at your portfolio and talk mood, atmosphere, and all the slow-burn stuff I’m trying to nail with this project.

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Hi Benicio, I've sent you a friend request already, days ago.

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Hey Soulblighter, I am so sorry, but I haven’t received anything. Allow me to give you a screenshot of my account. I’m a tad unfamiliar with Discord and still getting used to it. lol. I’ll be ready haha

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I found the issue, I added another person "cobraben" days ago, turns out your profile is "cobraben." with the [.] at the end. My bad! I was wondering what happened, silly me.

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I am interested 

dm me on discord 

username is thecoolguy_72728

Just sent you a request! 

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Was actively looking for projects to collaborate and stumbled upon this!

Here is something I created for eerie atmosphere games: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpe6Rms1RNaxER5cndnVY2i7C9OiNfQth 

Hey, thanks for reaching out — appreciate you sharing the playlist. I’ll definitely give it a proper listen.

I’m building something very atmosphere-first, so I’m especially interested in how you think about tension, pacing, and restraint in eerie environments.

If you’re open to it, we can move this to Discord or any other available media you have and talk a bit about process and influences.

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Yes, I am available on Discord as @cdnjmusic

Feel free to send a friend request 👍

Just sent you a request!!! I’m excited to see more. I already loved those tracks!

Audio pro with 15 years of experience here!  I run my own recording studio and have done a lot of work for film and TV, but I’m currently looking to pivot into game audio. I specialize in cinematic scores and end-to-end production.  

My Discord: latno_

My portfolio

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xC9vAOjjGrozxYaD08aYm9pH6fneRra9?usp=dri...

Just sent a request! I’m excited to talk!!!

HI! Do you think in future to make your game in Italian? I'm an Italian translator and If you need help contact me on email: amb2905@gmail.com or discord: annamaria_bosco.
I want to expande my cv so I work for free, I have worked with other games on itch.io in the past 🤗

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Sure dude, I'll send you some stuff after I dinner :D

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hello

eww222

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Hello!

I’m an animation music director and composer.

I’m reaching out because I’d love to collaborate on creating immersive sound for your game — especially music that stays close to silence and builds tension through subtle details and small sonic elements.

I don’t currently have a portfolio focused purely on mood pieces, but I do have several thriller tracks available that I can share with you. If you’re looking for quiet, suspense-driven music, I would be happy to compose something tailored to your project.

Your game in the post looks very interesting, which is why I wanted to leave a message.

Would there be a convenient way for us to get in touch?
Thank you!

Hey Seeze! Im delighted that what I have so far caught your eye. I would be more than willing to talk over your portfolio and what you can do and see how my vision aligns with you creative capabilities. I have X, Instagram, and Discord. Just let me know whichever one sounds best and I’d love to have a conversation!


X: hated_king69

IG: untxmedfxghter

Discord: cobraben.

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Interested :)

discord: evo5680

ig: poooooorl

Me: 10+ years shipping high-availability ecomm/marketing tech. Now applying a decade of Full Stack & Cloud Infra experience to game dev.

Currently building PubQuest: A PostGIS-powered real-world RPG encouraging players to visit struggling venues.

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Hi are u still looking for anyone on this? I'm interested in the concept art part and would like to have more experience making horror and atmospheric art tbh

I dont really have much examples in terms of background art tho unfortunatelym, but im able to do em

Hey Tofu! As a matter of fact, yes I’m still looking for a concept artist! I’d love to talk to you and connect as far as what you can do and how your creative instincts align with Project Red Zone’s intimate detail and oppressive atmosphere. Please feel free to add and contact me on any of the following platforms: 

Discord: cobraben. 

Instagram: untxmedfxghter

X: hated_king69


Im excited to get in contact and align our tastes! 

friend req on discord is sent~